Maria MurrielNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Most of the conversation about Art Basel focuses on outrageous price tags, celebrity art buyers and the extravagant parties. But art is for everyone, and everyone has created art -- and arguably still does. To highlight the accessibility of art -- that it’s not strictly the purview of people who use only words that end in -ism or write checks with multiple zeros -- WLRN invites you to share your thoughts on #WhatIsArt? See our analysis here. We have two questions, one big and one small: - What was the first creative thing you remember doing? Ask your friends this too. The answers will surprise you. - What is art? In other words, how do you know whether you’re looking at or experiencing art instead of something else? Send us your thoughts over Twitter or Instagram at @WLRN with the hashtag #WhatIsArt. We’ll be sharing some of your responses on our website. And go interact with art!NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94#WhatIsArt? ProjectFri, 09 Dec 2016 05:50:33 +0000#WhatIsArt? Projecthttp://wlrn.org
Wilson SayreBuffing is what it’s called when you paint over someone else's work, erasing it. The Buff Daddy has been doing this for decades and he’s the guy people won’t see as they flock to Wynwood this Miami Art Week to see the new street art that’s going up on the walls of stores and warehouses.The Buff Daddy: The Guy Who Paints Over Street Arthttp://wlrn.org/post/buff-daddy-guy-who-paints-over-street-art
78462 as http://wlrn.orgThu, 01 Dec 2016 03:35:40 +0000The Buff Daddy: The Guy Who Paints Over Street ArtWilson SayreLarge, colorful, fanciful glass works now dot the lush landscape of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens. The pieces are Dale Chihuly’s encore to his 2005 installation at the gardens. For this year’s show — the largest-ever for the internationally renowned artist — thousands of pieces of glass were installed at 24 sites in, among and even hanging from trees and plants. Other pieces appear to float in ponds around the gardens. "All I’m trying to do is make a beautiful object,” says Chihuly standing in front of a large, yellow and green piece called Sol Del Citron, created specifically for the Fairchild installation. The twisted glass tendrils, radiating out from a steel inner structure, look powerful and delicate at the same time, like a solar flare. The tradition of glass and glasswork has long been associated with the craft world. Factories in places like Venice are famous for their fine glassware, like cups and vases — objects seldom displayed in art museums. One of Chihuly’s talentsFairchild Hopes Chihuly's Colorful Glass Works Will Bring Crowdshttp://wlrn.org/post/fairchild-hopes-chihulys-colorful-glass-works-will-bring-crowds
42381 as http://wlrn.orgWed, 10 Dec 2014 22:56:03 +0000Fairchild Hopes Chihuly's Colorful Glass Works Will Bring CrowdsMaria MurrielArt Basel long ago grew beyond the Miami Beach Convention Center fair , and it has long been about more than just the art. Enough so that p urists have complained about Miami's arts culture becoming an excuse for the kind of hyped-up parties that gave the area its shallow reputation. But after witnessing, awestruck, the revelry in Wynwood this weekend, I can't help but wonder: Are the gallery hoppers and free-drink chasers who swarm streets during Art Week not part of the art experience? At least a three-block radius from Northwest Second Avenue, between 20th and 29th streets, was crawling with Olsen-twin dress-alikes shouting in hard Miami accents , and middle-aged couples in jeans squeezed through hordes of slow-moving sartorial adventurers. That’s not just a fashion show; it’s an exhibition on Miami’s appropriation of mainstream American culture. The way we absorb style trends displayed in the media by celebrities of every ethnicity but ours – because, face it, despite yourPHOTOS: The People Of Basel As Arthttp://wlrn.org/post/photos-people-basel-art
24814 as http://wlrn.orgMon, 09 Dec 2013 05:51:31 +0000PHOTOS: The People Of Basel As ArtElaine Chen#WhatIsArt Project: Do You Know It When You See It?http://wlrn.org/post/whatisart-project-do-you-know-it-when-you-see-it
24714 as http://wlrn.orgSat, 07 Dec 2013 01:20:34 +0000#WhatIsArt Project: Do You Know It When You See It?Rachel MorelloThere’s no question that Art Basel brings plenty of people -- and their stuff -- to Wynwood . The question is: How do you keep the area clean? Leticia Pollock is co-owner of Panther Coffee in Wynwood . She says Basel is her busiest week of the year, so she has to have more people on staff to help keep the place running smoothly – and looking tidy. But this year, Pollock noticed something else helping out: plastic yellow trash cans next to the street in front of her property. “It’s a new thing, I don’t think it was here last year,” Pollock says. “It’s a great initiative, I don’t really know who did it, but it was a fantastic idea.” And she isn’t the only one benefiting . Artist Paul Vor138 was happy to have the bins when he was finishing a mural Wednesday morning. “I just showed up to this wall to paint it, and before I even began there was these trash bins out here,” he says. “It definitely makes it easier for us to clean up after ourselves. I think the streets would be cleaner if moreOne Man's Trash Is Another Man's ... Artwork?http://wlrn.org/post/one-mans-trash-another-mans-artwork
24632 as http://wlrn.orgFri, 06 Dec 2013 14:49:22 +0000One Man's Trash Is Another Man's ... Artwork?Elaine ChenAs Art Basel Miami Beach gets underway, we’re thinking about what it means to be an artist. Though many would deny being an artist, we have all probably experienced a time when we embraced the title: childhood. We asked our staff, “What’s the first creative thing you can remember doing?” The answers prompted lots of fun conversations about early aspirations to be the next big animator, choreographer or roller coaster designer. Try it with your friends. And let us know on Twitter @WLRN using # whatisart . Chris DiMattei, Anchor/reporter : When I was in kindergarten, we were asked to draw something we "liked" and write an inscription for it. I drew a portrait of my mom and gave her Crayola Crayon periwinkle-blue eyes and burnt-sienna hair. The inscription was: "I like Mommy/She's so nice/She makes the best soup and rice." With apologies to Mom, her pasta is better than her soup; I just didn't want to ruin the rhyme scheme. Julia Duba , Morning producer : Somebody gave me a webcam and#WhatIsArt? Project: These Are Our First Creative Memorieshttp://wlrn.org/post/whatisart-project-these-are-our-first-creative-memories
24622 as http://wlrn.orgWed, 04 Dec 2013 23:13:24 +0000#WhatIsArt? Project: These Are Our First Creative Memories